Bryan, Christopher,  1935- <br/><br/>
The resurrection of the Messiah / 
Christopher Bryan. 
 - x, 432 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-416) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Part I. The Setting : -- 1. The hope of Israel -- 2. Death and the afterlife in the Greco-Roman world beyond Israel -- 3. The Christian claim -- Part II. Witnesses : -- 4. Paul -- 5. Mark -- 6. Matthew -- 7. Luke -- 8. John -- Part III. Questioning the Witnesses : -- 9. What should we make of the witnesses' claims? -- 10. So what? A partially unscientific postscript -- Additional Notes : -- A. On varieties of faith in early Christianity -- B. On whether the New Testament narratives are useful sources of information about anything that may actually have happened -- C. Are the passion narratives examples of "the prophetization of history" or of "the historicization of prophecy"? -- D. The resurrection of the dead and Torah -- E.: The Alexamenos graffito and texts of terror -- F. Further reflections on Paul's understanding of resurrection as involving a transformed physicality -- G. Further reflections on Paul's understanding of our present experience of transformation in and through Christ -- H. The New Testament and the negative eschaton : the possibility of damnation 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199752096 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0199752095 (hbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010015959 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB0B0168  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015648920  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jesus Christ--Resurrection.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT482  / .B78 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>232.9/7